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May 26, 2015 8:17:00 AM EDT

We're happy to introduce a brand new Electronics Soldering Q & A site where you can ask questions about soldering. Not sure what soldering iron to buy? Having trouble desoldering a chip with a lot of legs? No idea how to solder a chip without any legs? Ask away!
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November 6, 2013 8:44:50 AM EST

An iPad app that provides augmented reality steps for building a circuit on a bread board. Graphics are overlayed on the actual breadboard to show you exactly where to put parts, and provide extra information, like values, tolerances, and voltages.
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March 4, 2013 8:59:01 AM EST

My Inventor Club is moving from a typical hacker-space sized building to a massive new location. The club will offer many of benefits of a hackerspace such as a full machine shop, laser cutters, 3D printers, space to build, etc., but also has enough room to be much more for the Atlanta community. They're planning on renting space to small hardware-based startups, serving as a co-location workspace, and maybe even holding conferences (mini makerfaires?).

The wooden floor picture looks large enough to comfortably hold 100 makers all working with plenty of elbow room to spare, and they've got three floors that size, plus conference rooms. And even more mind-boggling, the 2nd picture shows another "factory" building big enough to hold a cruise ship or small factory. They're planning on having several car bays for auto work, amongst many other industrial machines. The roof is tall enough to work on some huge art installations (think burning man), and even has a few overhead cranes if anyone needs to move steel beams.

They should be moved in around May. Cost to join is currently $100 per month.

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December 17, 2012 6:25:53 AM EST

We've got a new kit perfect for people looking to learn how to solder SMD parts. The SMD Soldering Practice Kit comes with a range of common parts from big to small, so you can ease your way down to the tinnier components. It also includes 3 pages of full color instructions and illustrations of ideal techniques and finished joints. Read More

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August 31, 2012 7:46:39 AM EDT

Josh Nijenhuis shared a video of the really cool lighted stairs he made using our 16x PWM LED fader board.
http://store.curiousinventor.com/16x-pwm-led-fader.html
He made custom machined and anodized 6061 Aluminum LED light holders that are waterproof. The lights will eventually be installed on a real staircase outdoors.
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